BTW, I understand he was also allowed a Federal tax deduction of $900 for the dead donkey but I can't confirm that.

robomatic...If you want to study the energy crisis, please start by Googling 'Steve Peace, 1995" or something similar. Peace was an El Cajon Democrat who wrote the regulation legislation. The bill mandated that PG&E divest most of it's electricity production assets. In 1995, PG&E produced 49% of it's own electricity. By the energy crisis, that stood at a puny 7%. This was not voluntary.

Co-generation plants that used 15-30% farm waste in lieu of natural gas were ordered closed. Any Environmentalists want to take on this one?

Steve Peace was rewarded by being chosen California's Direct of the Budget by Gray Davis.